A railroad worker figured out how to send thousands of gallons of drinking water by rail from Mississippi to the Navajo Nation to alleviate the water crisis

• Andrew Halter delivers water 1,200 miles by rail to the Navajo Nation from Mississippi.
• Navajo Nation residents struggle with water scarcity, with 30% lacking reliable drinking water.
• Halter hopes water-by-rail can be a solution for other Western communities and in natural disasters.

Andrew Halter had been in the railroad business for 25 years, mostly in middle management roles. It was his dream job and all he ever wanted to do.

But when the world shut down in 2020, and he got laid off, he needed to figure something else out.

"It came to me one day like a clap of thunder," Hatler, who is based in Pennsylvania, told Business Insider.